Brownfields 2022 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
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EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities,
and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess,
safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. A
brownfield site is real property, the expansion, redevelopment,
or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or
contaminant. The Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the
Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development
Act of 2018, was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfield sites. Under this
law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants,
Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup
Grants, and Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to
state and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.

Assessment Grant

$500,000

EPA has selected the North Central Planning and Development District
for a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide grant funds will
be used to develop a brownfield site inventory and conduct 13 Phase I
and 10 Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be
used to prepare seven cleanup plans, one market study, and one resource
roadmap, and to support community outreach activities. The target areas
for this grant are the Cities of Grenada, Greenwood, and Water Valley.
Priority sites include a 6-acre former textile operation, a former fishing
lure manufacturing facility, a former car dealership and auto repair
center, a former printing press, and a former gas station.

Contacts

For further information, including specific grant contacts, additional
grant information, brownfields news and events, and publications and
links, visit the EPA Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

EPA Region 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8604

EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/r4)

Grant Recipient: North Central Planning and Development District, MS
(662)845-6113

Hie information presented in this fact sheet comes from the grant
proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. The
cooperative agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.

United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450

Land and
Emergency
Management (5105T)

EPA-560-F-22-160
May 2022

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